Joe Nash

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Joe Nash

No. 72

Position:

Defensive Tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

October 11, 1960

Place of birth:

Boston, Massachusetts

Career information

College:

Boston College

Undrafted:

1982

Career history

Seattle Seahawks (1982–1996)

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Quarterback sacks:	47.5
Interceptions:	1
Touchdowns:	2
Player stats at NFL.com

Joseph Andrew Nash (born October 11, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former professional American football player. He played his entire career with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League from 1982 to 1996. Originally a nose tackle for seven seasons, Nash switched to defensive tackle in 1989. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seahawks in 1982 from Boston College and went on to play in a Seahawks-record 218 career games over 15 seasons. He played alongside several other talented performers on Seattle's defensive line, most notably Pro Bowler Cortez Kennedy.

References

"Eight New Members for Boston College Hall of Fame". June 21, 1999. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

Seattle Seahawks 35th Anniversary Team (2010)

Offense:	Hasselbeck (QB) Alexander (RB) Strong (FB) Largent (WR) Blades (WR) Engram (WR) Carlson (TE) Jones (T) Ballard (T) Hutchinson (G) Millard (G) Tobeck (C)

Defense:	Green (DE) Sinclair (DE) Kennedy (DT) Nash (DT) C. Brown (OLB) Porter (OLB) Young (ILB) Tatupu (ILB) Trufant (CB) D. Brown (CB) Springs (NB) Easley (SS) Robinson (FS)

Special Teams:	Johnson (PK) Tuten (P) Broussard (KR) Burleson (PR)

Steve Largent Award recipients

1989: Steve Largent 1990: Jacob Green 1991: Rufus Porter 1992: Jeff Bryant / Joe Nash 1993: Eugene Robinson 1994: Brian Blades 1995: Terry Wooden 1996: Cortez Kennedy 1997: Winston Moss 1998: Michael Sinclair 1999: Chad Brown 2000: Ricky Watters 2001: Mack Strong 2002: Mack Strong 2003: Trent Dilfer 2004: Mack Strong 2005: Mack Strong 2006: Mack Strong 2007: Bobby Engram 2008: Mike Holmgren 2009: Matt Hasselbeck 2010: Roy Lewis 2011: Red Bryant 2012: Russell Wilson 2013: Earl Thomas 2014: Kam Chancellor 2015: Richard Sherman

Named after Steve Largent

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